Originally Posted by
Concerto
Thanks for the info. Really interesting itinerary idea. Oddly, I was also looking at flights into RTM, but Transavia (HV) only have flights to MUC and ORY. I had also seen the Aer Lingus (EI) fares when I had a look on a random day in late January. I would go for that option because, even though EI has adopted the LCC service concept, it is a very nice airline. And their inflight BoB offering is one of the best that exists.
Ryanair is an airline I try to avoid because of garbage like intentionally splitting up groups, paying for boarding passes, paying for airport check in. I avoid Spirit as well because they are not upfront about fees.
While I prefer to earn Skyteam miles, I have no problem booking LCCs when they offer a vastly superior price and reasonable schedule.